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g @Him t-5 prima @ffm WILLIAM L. HRNE, OF BATAVIA, ILLINOIS Laim PatentNo. 65,082, rated Mag, 28, 1867` IMPROVEMENT IN STEAM WATER-ELEVATORS.

ro ALL WHoM IT'MAY eoNoERN:

Be it known 'that I, WILLIAM L. HORNE, of Batavia, in the county ofKane, and State of Illinois, have invented va certain new and improvedWater-Elevator; and I do hereby declare that the following is a. full,clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters and marks thereon, which said drawings form' part of thisspecilication, and by -Figure 1 giveaview by vertical section of awater-elevator constructedvunder my invention; and, by

Figure 2, a'view in elevation of the saine.

'The-se drawings show this elevator to have a cylindrical form, but, as1s evident, the special form does not constitute an essential part ofthe invention, as it may have some other than a cylindrical formexteriorly, and the several parts, interiorly, may also be diiferentfrom what is here shown without departing from or going beyond the scopeof my invention.

' As represented by the drawings, within an exterior cylinder, a, thereis an interior cylinder, and a valve or head, c, with an exterior, d,below the cylinder, having'an outlet guarded by-a valve, e, suchdevicesor appliances being attached to the valve e as will adapt it toand cause it to meet the diiferent conditions and circumstances ofvthe-operation of the elevator, with a further extensiomf g, at thebottom of that, g, there being an inlet, controlled by a valve, z. Fromthe upper portion of the cylinder a a pipe, z', extends to avalvechest,j, this pipe z' making the steam communication between theinterior of the cylinder a and the valve-chestj. A valve, c, within thischest 7' is attached to 'a rod, Z, passing through the top and bottomofhthe valve-chest, andhaving suitable stuffing-boxes around it, whichrod l continues on down through valve or head e and through a bar, m,affixed to the plate 'n of 'tbefeylinder a. The rod Zhas tappets orstuds o p and q that aid in limiting its motions and in controlling thevalves. `The valve'or head surrounds and moves on the rod Z; 'lhecylinder I has a movement from the bottom to near the top of thecylinder a, the upper and lower lsurfaces of cylinder'b being bevelled,as shown, and ot' the character of a valve, the seat for the lowerbevelling being at r, and the upper bevelling, at certain times, restingagainst the lower face of the valve or head c. The part indicated by theblue lines or marks between the cylinder a and the cylinder b will beoccupied by oil, forming packing, and lubricating the surfacesthereabout, the oil rising and lowering with the cylinder b, and thusbeing between the surfaces of the two cylinders at whateverv point ofelevation or depression the cylinder b may be'. 'Ihe rods s, attached tothe bar m, limit the downward motion of the valve or head c. Supposingthe interior ot' this' elevator'filled with water, the valve or head cand the cylinder would, by theirbuoyancy, be neurthetop of the cylindera, the outlet-valve e being closed and the inlet-vulve h being open.'Ihe valve 7c, controlling the admission of the steam, having beenproperly adjusted on its stem to meet the condition and positionot` tbeparts as here recited, would be off from its seat and admitting steaminto thepipe z', which steam would press upon the valve or head c andthe upper edge of the cylinder b, or upon so much thereof as wasexposed, forcing the bead and cylinder and water downwards,closing theinlet-valve h and opening the outlet-valve e, the water passing out to achute or to such place as was desired. Under the pressure of the steamthehead c and cylinder b will be carried down together until the head ccomes in contact with the rods s,.\vhich rods will prevent the furtherdescent of the head e, and the steam then will act upon the cylinder band directly upon the surface of the water. The water, being discharged,the steam will be condensed, and a vacuum then existing the outlet-lvalvee will be closed and the'inlet-valve L opened, the water coming in,illing the cylinder, elevating the cylinder b and valve or head c, and,by the coming of the head c against the tapp'et 0, operating thevalve/c, and thus putting the parts in the conditiortrst herein recitedfor the discharge of the water. A low degree of pressure, even as low asone pound, may be used it'. the elevator be properly constructed. Anyhigher degree of pressure of the steam may also be used; so thatelevators constructed under my invention may be made' andadapted to theraising and elevating of wat-erand other fluids to meet any conditionand circumstances.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

A. water-elevator, consisting of the exterior cylinder. a, and theinterior valve-cylinder b and valve c, operated in the one direction bysteam and in the other direction by water, combined and arranged as setforth.

This specification signed this 31st day of' July, 1866. y

' W. L. HORNE. Witnesses:

Tues. T. EVERETT,

T. SMITH.

